Eighth-ranked Shanmukha Pulli also won the title in the 6th FIDE Rating Chess Championship here on Thursday. The tournament saw many ups and downs, and Shanmukhi was not expected to be in the title race.
In the final round, he has started as the joint-top player from the previous night with favourite Arnav Khedkar. The 24-year-old Pulli from Andhra Pradesh played out a draw with Darsha Shetty and thus reached the tiebreaker with three players.
Arnav lost to IM Veeramaditya Kulkarni, while Ayush Shirodkar was defeated by Saurabh Khedekar. Reports say that Kulkarni, Khedekar, and Pulli all got 7.5 out of 9. Then Pulli won the tie-breaker and was declared the champion of the tournament. He received a cash prize of Rs. 75,000 along with the trophy. Kulkarni got the second position, and Khedekar got the third position.
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